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April 26, 2007
GH: Mr. Craig = Jerry Jacks!
A couple days ago I was barely watching General Hospital as I surfed the web and fast-forwarded through the scenes that weren't even worth barely watching.
But then a wild thing happened! It was revealed that Mr. Craig a.k.a. Mr. Brosnan is really Jerry Jacks with a new face. Suddenly I was paying attention. That is a luscious twist!
I can't help but wonder if the writers had this twist planned all along. I wish I could go back and watch Mr. Craig's scenes during the hotel takeover and hostage crisis to see if there is any indication he was really the "much discussed but long gone from the GH scene" older brother of Jasper Jacks. I suspect it wasn't originally part of the plan because Craig was depicted as such a ruthless, sadistic, one-sided bad guy. It's been a long time since Jerry Jacks was on the show, but I remember him as a rogue who was always in some kind of trouble but was deep down a good guy.
Still the twist is perfect and very watchable. Suddenly Craig/Brosnan/Jerry is a multi-dimensional, conflicted, interesting character.
Plus, it's a nice coincidence that the actor who plays Craig/Brosnan/Jerry looks so much like the rest of the Jacks family. The last actor who played Jerry didn't.
So, now there's one storyline worth watching on GH.
I still can't bear to watch Lorenzo's scenes though.
Posted by Selena at April 26, 2007 11:46 AM